The Wellington Golf Club's Championships, sponsored by Col Arnold, will begin this Saturday with A grade handicaps 0 to 9, B grade 10 to 18 and C grade 19+.
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There will be scratch and handicap winners in all grades, plus the qualifying rounds for the Match Play Championships which are kindly sponsored by Harold Baker.
Tee times are open from 9am until 1pm on Saturday. On Sunday, 9am until 11.30am.
The cost is $65 to play all four rounds or $22 per round otherwise.
Sponsor for Rounds 1 and 2 of the championships is Norm Royal and for Rounds 3 and 4, Neil Hollow. Many thanks to both men.
Players to watch out for in the A grade title are Gary, James, Mitchell and Kurt Cusack, the Par 3 Champion Ben McCarthy and Joe Ryan, but it wouldn't surprise to see somebody else sneak past these golfers and win.
In B grade Gary McCarroll is a slight favourite over brother Steven.
There are plenty of others in the mix. David Naveau, Peter Cornish, Kevin Reid and Chris Woolfrey.
C grade is as open as it has ever been.
Geoff Walker and Bill Bright are the stand-outs but Rod Irwin, Barry Jeffery and even Vic Payne have a good chance of taking out the prize.
Coming events
October 17: Round 3 of the Club Championships
October 18: Round 4 of the Club Championships
October 24: 4BBB Stableford
October 30: Individual Stableford, Round 1 of the Harold Baker sponsored Match Play Championships, Round 1 Keirle's Pharmacy Summer competition and Bogeyman Cup.
Last Saturday's events included the October Monthly Medals in A and B grades, Round 11 of the Wellington Soldiers Memorial Club Pointscore and Round 11 of the John Gersbach Putting competition. The Wellington Soldiers Memorial Club kindly sponsored the day.
Nominations are open for the Keirle's Pharmacy Summer Competition.
You can leave your team and players' names on the noticeboard at the Wellington Golf Club.
The final of the Kiss Trophy; Mitchell Cusack will play John Donnelly on November 7.
A grade Monthly Medal winner with two under par was Gary Cusack. This will put him in good stead going into the championships. His final score was 66nett.
Runner-up in A grade was David Naveau with 69nett.
The B grade Monthly Medal winner was Brian Kiss who put together a great round to finish with a 67nett.
Runner-up in B grade was Kieran Baker who just keeps getting better with each round. His final score was 68nett.
Ball competition winners were Gary Cusack 66nett, Brian Kiss 67nett, Kieran Baker 68nett, David Naveau 69nett, Mac Harvey 69nett, Kevin Reid 70nett, Garth Watts 70nett, Rodney Cunynghame 71nett, Brent Eather 71nett, Kurt Cusack 72nett, Rex England 72nett, Mal Scott 72nett and Tim Parker 72nett.
Ron Stubberfield Toyota Terrific Tee Shot on the third Garth Watts, on the eighth David Ryan, on the 14th Robert Baker and on the 16th, Peter Cornish.
McCarthy-Staggs Tiling Nearest the Pin in two shots on the 12th was won by Gary Cusack.
McDonald's Biggest Whack in A Grade went to John Gersbach and in B Grade it went to that gorilla Norm Royal.
Brent's NFI award winner last week was David Wilson who just keeps getting worse with each round. His final score was 86nett.
Top five in the Maurie Lay Memorial Pointscore sponsored by Twin River's Printing and the President's Pointscore is David Naveau 1159pts, Steven McCarroll 1081pts, Peter Payne 1034pts, Paul Hannelly 1022pts and Geoff Walker 1019pts.
Top five in the Wellington Soldiers Memorial Club Pointscore after 11 rounds is Garth Watts 199pts, Brian Kiss 172pts, Gary Cusack 167pts, Gary Holding 161pts and Geoff Walker 154pts.
Top five in the John Gersbach Putting Competition after 11 rounds is James Cusack and David Naveau 191putts, Garth Watts 195putts, Brian Kiss 197putts and Gary Cusack 200putts.
Handicap changes from last week's golf were Gary Cusack 4 to 3, Brian Kiss 14 to 13, David Naveau 12 to 11, Kevin Reid 13 to 12, Peter Cornish 12 to 13, Rodney Cunynghame 15 to 16, James Cusack 0 to 1, Gary Holding 8 to 9, Steven McCarroll 9 to 10 and John Southwell 25 to 26.
Raffle winner last week was Tim Parker and the lucky schooner winner was John Gersbach
19th Hole